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Ohio's 18th congressional district

69 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
69
40 R · 26 D · 2 J · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Wayne Levere Hays
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/oh-18Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Benjamin Jones · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonBenjamin Jones · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonMatthias Shepler · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratDavid Austin Starkweather · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratEzra Dean · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratEzra Dean · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratDavid Austin Starkweather · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Lahm · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratDavid Kellogg Cartter · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratDavid Kellogg Cartter · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Bliss · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Leiter · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratBenjamin Franklin Leiter · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanSidney Edgerton · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanSidney Edgerton · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanRufus Paine Spalding · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanRufus Paine Spalding · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Hanford Upson · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Monroe · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJames Monroe · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJames Monroe · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Taylor Updegraff · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanAddison S. McClure · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Hasson Wallace · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Hamilton Taylor · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam McKinley Jr. · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam McKinley Jr. · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Danner Taylor · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Pierce Ikirt · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratRobert Walker Tayler · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Walker Tayler · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Walker Tayler · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Walker Tayler · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Jefferson Whitacre · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Jefferson Whitacre · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratDavid Adams Hollingsworth · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Adams Hollingsworth · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Murphy · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Murphy · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Murphy · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Murphy · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Murphy · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Murphy · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Murphy · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanLawrence E. Imhoff · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratLawrence E. Imhoff · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratEarl Ramage Lewis · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanWayne Levere Hays · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWayne Levere Hays · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWayne Levere Hays · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWayne Levere Hays · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWayne Levere Hays · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratDouglas Earl Applegate · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratDouglas Earl Applegate · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratDouglas Earl Applegate · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Ney · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRobert William Ney · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRobert William Ney · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRobert William Ney · 2003-01-07 – 2006-11-04 · RepublicanZachary T. Space · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratZachary T. Space · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratBob Gibbs · 2011-01-05 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam McKinley Jr. · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Ramage Lewis · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanWayne Levere Hays · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Democrat
Bob Gibbs R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2013 · 2 years
Zachary T. Space D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Zachary T. Space D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Robert William Ney R
Jan 7, 2003 – Nov 4, 2006 · 3.8 years
Robert William Ney R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Robert William Ney R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert William Ney R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Douglas Earl Applegate D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Douglas Earl Applegate D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Douglas Earl Applegate D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Wayne Levere Hays D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Wayne Levere Hays D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Wayne Levere Hays D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Wayne Levere Hays D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Wayne Levere Hays D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Wayne Levere Hays D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Earl Ramage Lewis R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Lawrence E. Imhoff D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Earl Ramage Lewis R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Lawrence E. Imhoff D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
David Adams Hollingsworth R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
David Adams Hollingsworth R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Jefferson Whitacre D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Jefferson Whitacre D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Kennedy R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Kennedy R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Kennedy R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Kennedy R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Robert Walker Tayler R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Robert Walker Tayler R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Robert Walker Tayler R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Robert Walker Tayler R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George Pierce Ikirt D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Joseph Danner Taylor R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William McKinley Jr. R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William McKinley Jr. R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Isaac Hamilton Taylor R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Jonathan Hasson Wallace D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William McKinley Jr. R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Addison S. McClure R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
James Monroe R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
James Monroe R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Monroe R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Hanford Upson R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Rufus Paine Spalding R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Rufus Paine Spalding R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Sidney Edgerton R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Sidney Edgerton R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Leiter IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
George Bliss D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
David Kellogg Cartter D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
David Kellogg Cartter D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Samuel Lahm D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
David Austin Starkweather D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Ezra Dean D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Ezra Dean D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
David Austin Starkweather D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Matthias Shepler D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Benjamin Jones J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Benjamin Jones J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.